Maulana Hasanuddin

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Maulana Hasanuddin
First ruler of Banten Sultanate
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Sultan of Banten
Reign15521570
Predecessor Sunan Gunungjati (sultan of Cirebon)
Successor Maulana Yusuf
Born1478
Died1570 (aged 9192)
Banten Sultanate
Burial
Issue Maulana Yusuf of Banten
Pangeran Sunyararas
House Azmatkhan
Father Sunan Gunungjati
MotherNyai Ratu Kawunganten
Religion Sunni Islam

Maulana Hasanuddin (also spelled Hasanuddin) was a ruler of the Banten Sultanate from c. 1552 to 1570. Hasanuddin was a Azmatkhani Sayyid, the son of Sunan Gunungjati and Nyai Ratu Kawunganten.

He extended the domains of Banten to the pepper-producing region of Lampung, in South Sumatra. This area, which already had long-standing ties with West Java, facilitated Banten's rise to prominence as a pepper port. [1]

Notes

  1. M.C. Ricklefs, A History of Modern Indonesia Since c. 1300, 2nd ed., Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994, p. 38
Preceded by
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Sultan of Banten
ca. 15521570
Succeeded by